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{{Infobox military unit&lt;br /&gt;
|unit_name= 3rd (Lahore) Division&lt;br /&gt;
|image=&lt;br /&gt;
|caption=&lt;br /&gt;
|dates= 1852 – ?&lt;br /&gt;
|country={{flag|British India}}&lt;br /&gt;
|allegiance=&lt;br /&gt;
|branch={{army|British India}}&lt;br /&gt;
|type= [[Infantry]]&lt;br /&gt;
|role= &lt;br /&gt;
|size= &lt;br /&gt;
|command_structure=&lt;br /&gt;
|garrison= Mian Mir ([[Lahore]])&lt;br /&gt;
|equipment=&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!-- Commanders --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|current_commander=&lt;br /&gt;
|ceremonial_chief=&lt;br /&gt;
|colonel_of_the_regiment=&lt;br /&gt;
|notable_commanders=Sir [[Hugh Henry Gough]], [[Victoria Cross|VC]]&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;[[Frederick Walter Kitchener]]&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;Sir [[Arthur Hoskins]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!-- Insignia --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|identification_symbol=&lt;br /&gt;
|identification_symbol_2=&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!-- Culture and history --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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|patron=&lt;br /&gt;
|motto=&lt;br /&gt;
|colors=&lt;br /&gt;
|march=&lt;br /&gt;
|mascot=&lt;br /&gt;
|battles=[[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1914-1918.net&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|first=Chris |last=Baker |url=http://www.1914-1918.net/corps.htm |title=The British Corps of 1914-1918 |work=The Long, Long Trail |date=2010 |access-date=11 June 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Battle of La Bassée|Battle of La Bassee]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Battle of Messines (1914)|First Battle of Messines]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Battle of Armentières|Battle of Armentieres]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Battle of Neuve Chapelle]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Battle of Aubers Ridge]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Battle of Festubert]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Battle of Loos]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Mesopotamian Campaign]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Sinai and Palestine Campaign|Palestine Campaign]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Battle of Megiddo (1918)|Battle of Megiddo]]&lt;br /&gt;
|anniversaries=&lt;br /&gt;
|decorations=&lt;br /&gt;
|battle_honours=&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;3rd (Lahore) Division&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was an [[infantry division]] of the [[British Indian Army]], first organised in 1852. It saw service during [[World War I]] as part of the [[Indian Corps]] in France before being moved to the Middle East where it fought against troops of the [[Ottoman Empire]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Pre-Mutiny==&lt;br /&gt;
The Lahore Division first appears in the Indian Army List in 1852, when the short-lived Cis-[[Jhelum River|Jhelum]] Division was renamed (at the same time the Trans-Jhelum Division at Peshawar was renamed the Punjab Division). The Cis-Jhelum Division in turn had previously been the [[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh|Saugor]] Division, a longstanding formation of the Bengal Army.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;East India Register and Army List&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 1851–53; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bengal and Agra Directory and Annual Register&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 1852.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; At this period Divisions were primarily administrative organisations controlling the brigades and stations in their area, rather than field formations, but they did provide field forces when required. The Lahore Division absorbed the Lahore Field Force under Brigadier Sir James Tennant, which had formed part of the Army of the Punjab since 1847.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;East-India Register and Army List&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 1847–53&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[Lahore Fort]] was occupied by the British after the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]] and the city of [[Lahore]] was annexed in 1849 at the conclusion of the [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]]. In 1852 a military [[cantonment]] (known until 1906 as Mian Mir) was established outside the city.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |url= https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V16_121.gif |title=Imperial Gazetteer of India |volume=16 |page=115 |year=1908 |access-date=11 June 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Composition 1852===&lt;br /&gt;
[[General Officer Commanding]] (GOC): Brigadier-General [[Sir John Cheape]], [[Order of the Bath|KCB]], Bengal Engineers (appointed 9 July 1852) (absent commanding Bengal Division in [[Second Anglo-Burmese War]]).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Lahore:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Commanding Station:&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Brigadier Sir James Tennant, [[Bengal Artillery]]&lt;br /&gt;
*HQ, 1st and 2nd Troops, 3rd Brigade, [[Bengal Horse Artillery]]&lt;br /&gt;
*HQ, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Companies, 2nd (European) Battalion, Bengal Foot Artillery (1st Company and O Company Ordnance Drivers manning No 7 Light Field Battery (horsedrawn))&lt;br /&gt;
*2nd Company, 8th (Native) Battalion, Bengal Foot Artillery, and D Company Ordnance drivers, manning No 2 Light Field Battery (bullock drawn)&lt;br /&gt;
*4th Company, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Her Majesty&amp;#039;s [[96th Regiment of Foot|96th Foot]]&lt;br /&gt;
*5th Bengal Native Infantry&lt;br /&gt;
*9th Bengal Native Infantry&lt;br /&gt;
*39th Bengal Native Infantry&lt;br /&gt;
*57th Bengal Native Infantry&lt;br /&gt;
*65th Bengal Native Infantry&lt;br /&gt;
*1st Bengal Irregular Cavalry ([[Skinner&amp;#039;s Horse]])&lt;br /&gt;
*18th Bengal Irregular Cavalry&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Wazirabad]]:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Brigadier J.R. Hearsey&lt;br /&gt;
*4th Company 7th (Native) Battalion, Bengal Foot Artillery&lt;br /&gt;
*Her Majesty&amp;#039;s [[3rd Hussars|3rd Light Dragoons]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Her Majesty&amp;#039;s [[10th Foot]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Her Majesty&amp;#039;s [[24th Foot]]&lt;br /&gt;
*21st Bengal Native Infantry&lt;br /&gt;
*32nd Bengal Native Infantry&lt;br /&gt;
*34th Bengal Native Infantry&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Sialkot]]:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Lieutenant-Colonel J.T. Lane, Bengal Artillery&lt;br /&gt;
*2nd Troop, 2nd Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery&lt;br /&gt;
*1st Company, 1st (European) Battalion, Bengal Foot Artillery&lt;br /&gt;
*10th Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners&lt;br /&gt;
*4th Bengal Light Cavalry&lt;br /&gt;
*Detachment Her Majesty&amp;#039;s 24th Foot&lt;br /&gt;
*63rd Bengal Native Infantry&lt;br /&gt;
*6th Bengal Irregular Cavalry&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Govindgarh ([[Bathinda]]):&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |url= https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_349.gif |title=Imperial Gazetteer of India |volume=12 |page=343 |year=1908 |access-date=11 June 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*3rd Company, 8th (Native) Battalion, Bengal Foot Artillery&lt;br /&gt;
*Detachments Her Majesty&amp;#039;s 10th Foot and Native Infantry&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bengal and Agra Directory and Annual Register&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 1852; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;East-India Register and Army List&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 1853&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Indian mutiny==&lt;br /&gt;
During the &amp;#039;[[Indian Mutiny]]&amp;#039; (or &amp;#039;First War of Independence&amp;#039;) some Indian regiments at the Mian Mir cantonments plotted to mutiny but were disarmed under the guns of a British horse artillery battery and infantry battalion to prevent them seizing Lahore Fort. Later the 26th Bengal Native Infantry at Mian Mir did mutiny, murder some of their officers and escape under cover of a dust storm, but Lahore was held for the remainder of the conflict by British troops and Indians troops loyal to the government.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |url= https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V16_103.gif |title=Imperial Gazetteer of India |volume=16 |page=97 |year=1908 |access-date=11 June 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Post-Mutiny==&lt;br /&gt;
Over succeeding decades, the stations controlled by Lahore Division varied, and the forces under command were regularly rotated. For example:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Composition January 1888===&lt;br /&gt;
GOC: Maj-Gen Sir [[Hugh Henry Gough]], [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (appointed 1 April 1887)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Aide-de-Camp]]: Capt [[Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson|H.F.M. Wilson]], Rifle Brigade&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Divisional HQ:&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Mian Mir (Lahore Cantonment)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_322.gif |title=Imperial Gazetteer of India |volume=17 |page=316 |year=1908 |access-date=11 June 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mian Mir:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*K Battery, 3rd Brigade, [[Royal Artillery]]&lt;br /&gt;
*O Battery, 4th Brigade, Royal Artillery&lt;br /&gt;
*2nd Battalion, [[Northumberland Fusiliers]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[5th Cavalry (Indian Army)|5th Regiment Bengal Cavalry]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[24th Punjabis|24th (Punjab) Regiment, Bengal Infantry]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[32nd Sikh Pioneers|32nd (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Infantry (Pioneers)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[34th Sikh Pioneers|34th (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Infantry (Pioneers)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Fort Lahore:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*3rd Battery, 1st Brigade, Scottish Division Garrison Artillery, Royal Artillery&lt;br /&gt;
*Detachment 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Multan]] Brigade:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*B Battery 1st Brigade, Royal Artillery&lt;br /&gt;
*2nd Battalion, [[West Yorkshire Regiment]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[10th Bengal Lancers|10th Bengal (Duke of Cambridge&amp;#039;s Own) Cavalry]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[25th Punjabis|25th (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Firozpur|Ferozepore]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;: &lt;br /&gt;
*L Battery, 4th Brigade, Royal Artillery&lt;br /&gt;
*9th Battery, 1st Brigade, Eastern Division Garrison Artillery, Royal Artillery&lt;br /&gt;
*1st Battalion, [[East Lancashire Regiment]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[15th Lancers|17th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[19th Punjabis|19th (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[35th Sikhs|35th (Sikh) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Amritsar]]:&lt;br /&gt;
*Detachment 1st Battalion, [[Border Regiment]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Detachment 24th (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh|Dharamsala]]:&lt;br /&gt;
*1st Battalion, [[1st Gorkha Rifles|1st Goorkha Light Infantry]]&lt;br /&gt;
*2nd Battalion, 1st Goorkha Light Infantry&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bakloh (near [[Dalhousie, India|Dalhousie]]):&lt;br /&gt;
*1st Battalion, [[4 Gorkha Rifles|4th Goorkha Regiment]]&lt;br /&gt;
*2nd Battalion, 4th Goorkha Regiment&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;India List&amp;#039;&amp;#039; January 1888&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Pre–World War I==&lt;br /&gt;
Under the reforms introduced by [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts|Lord Roberts]] as [[Commander-in-Chief, India|Commander-in-Chief (CinC) India]], the Divisions were renamed 1st Class Districts in 1890. In the next round of [[Kitchener Reforms|reforms]] inaugurated by [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]] as CinC, they became numbered divisions with their territorial affiliation as a subsidiary title. The title 3rd (Lahore) Division first appears in the Army List between 30 September and 31 December 1904, as part of Northern Command, with the Jullunder, Sirhind and Ambala brigades under command. Lahore District/3rd (Lahore) Division at this time was under the command of Maj-Gen [[Frederick Walter Kitchener|Walter Kitchener]], the CinC&amp;#039;s younger brother, who commanded it at the [[Rawalpindi Parade 1905]]. In 1914 the division, with HQ at Dalhousie,  consisted of the Ferozepore, Jullunder (based at Dalhousie) and [[Sirhind-Fategarh|Sirhind]] (based at [[Kasauli]]) infantry brigades, and the [[Ambala]] cavalry brigade (based at Kasauli).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Monthly Army List&amp;#039;&amp;#039; August 1914.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==World War I==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Western Front 1914===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Indian reinforcements who fought at Givenchy in December 1914.jpg|thumb|Indian reinforcements who fought at Givenchy in December 1914]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Major General Philip Mainwaring Carnegy.tif|thumb|Major General Philip M. Carnegy, Commander of Jullundur Brigade]] &lt;br /&gt;
In 1914 the 3rd (Lahore) Division was part of [[Indian Army during World War I order of battle#Indian Expeditionary Force A|Indian Expeditionary Force A]] sent to reinforce the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|British Expeditionary Force]] (BEF) fighting in France. The bulk constituted an infantry division as part of [[Indian Corps]], while the Ambala Cavalry Brigade was detached to form part of [[1st Indian Cavalry Division]] in the [[Indian Cavalry Corps]]. While in France the division was known as the Lahore Division, and its brigades by their names, to avoid confusion with the [[3rd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|3rd British Division]]. Despatch from India was delayed by the activities of the German raiders [[SMS Emden (1908)|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Emden&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]] and [[SMS Königsberg (1905)|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Konigsberg&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]] operating in the Indian Ocean, and by the slow speed of the transport vessels. The first two brigades landed at [[Marseilles]] on 26 September 1914, but there were further delays while the troops were re-armed with the latest pattern rifle, and the supply train could be improvised, using tradesmen&amp;#039;s vans procured locally.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Edmonds, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;1914&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Vol II, p. 92, Note 1.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The 3rd Lahore Divisional Area was formed in late 1914 to take over the garrison duties of the 3rd Division when it left for France. The 3rd Lahore Divisional Area was disbanded in May 1917, the responsibilities of the area being taken over by the 16th Division.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Order of Battle October 1914&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Edmonds, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;1914&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Vol II, Appendix 1.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;F.W. Perry &amp;amp; A.F. Becke, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Orders of Battle&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
GOC: Lieut-Gen [[Henry Buckley Burton Watkis|H.B.B. Watkis]], CB&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ferozepore Brigade&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
GOC: Brig-Gen R.G. Egerton, CB&lt;br /&gt;
* 1st Battalion, [[Connaught Rangers]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[9th Bhopal Infantry]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[57th Wilde&amp;#039;s Rifles (Frontier Force)]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[129th Duke of Connaught&amp;#039;s Own Baluchis]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Jullundur Brigade&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;GOC: Maj-Gen P.M. Carnegy, CB&lt;br /&gt;
* 1st Battalion, [[Manchester Regiment]]&lt;br /&gt;
* 4th Battalion, [[Suffolk Regiment]] ([[Territorial Force]]) &amp;#039;&amp;#039;- joined from GHQ Reserve 4 December 1914&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[15th Ludhiana Sikhs]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[47th Sikhs]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sirhind Brigade - arrived at Marseilles from Egypt 30 November, joined 9 December 1914&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;GOC: Maj-Gen J.M.S. Brunker&lt;br /&gt;
* 1st Battalion, [[Highland Light Infantry]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[125th Napier&amp;#039;s Rifles]]&lt;br /&gt;
* 1st Battalion, [[1st King George&amp;#039;s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)]]&lt;br /&gt;
* 1st Battalion, [[4th Gurkha Rifles]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Divisional Troops:&lt;br /&gt;
Mounted Troops:&lt;br /&gt;
*[[15th Lancers (Cureton&amp;#039;s Multanis)]]&lt;br /&gt;
Artillery:&lt;br /&gt;
*[[5th Brigade Royal Field Artillery|V Brigade, Royal Field Artillery]] ([[Royal Field Artillery|RFA]]) - joined 22 November 1914 from 7th (Meerut) Division&lt;br /&gt;
**64th, 73rd &amp;amp; 81st Batteries, V Brigade Ammunition Column&lt;br /&gt;
*[[11th Brigade Royal Field Artillery|XI Brigade, RFA]] - joined 22 November 1914 from 7th (Meerut) Division&lt;br /&gt;
**83rd, 84th &amp;amp; 85th Batteries, XI Brigade Ammunition Column&lt;br /&gt;
*[[18th Brigade Royal Field Artillery|XVIII Brigade, RFA]]&lt;br /&gt;
**59th, 93rd &amp;amp; 94th Batteries, XVIII Brigade Ammunition Column&lt;br /&gt;
*109th Heavy Battery, [[Royal Garrison Artillery]] (4.7-inch guns)&lt;br /&gt;
**Heavy Battery Ammunition Column&lt;br /&gt;
*Lahore Divisional Ammunition Column&lt;br /&gt;
Engineers&lt;br /&gt;
*20th &amp;amp; 21st Companies, [[Bombay Sappers|3rd Sappers and Miners]]&lt;br /&gt;
Signals Service:&lt;br /&gt;
*Lahore Signal Company&lt;br /&gt;
Pioneers&lt;br /&gt;
*[[34th Sikh Pioneers]]&lt;br /&gt;
Supply &amp;amp; Transport:&lt;br /&gt;
*Lahore Divisional train&lt;br /&gt;
Medical Units:&lt;br /&gt;
*7th &amp;amp; 8th British Field Ambulances&lt;br /&gt;
*111th, 112th and 113th Indian Field Ambulances&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The division finally got into action piecemeal at the simultaneous Battles of [[Battle of La Bassée|La Bassee]], [[Battle of Messines (1914)|1st Messines]] and [[Battle of Armentières|Armentieres]] along the British part of the Western Front in October–November 1914. The degree to which the division was broken up can be gauged by the 29 October entry in the diary kept by the Indian corps&amp;#039; commander, Lt-Gen Sir [[James Willcocks]]:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;Where is my Lahore Division?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Sirhind Brigade detained in Egypt.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Ferozepore Brigade: somewhere in the north, split up into three or four bits.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Jullunder Brigade: Manchesters gone south to (British) 5 Division (this disposes of only British unit)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;47th Sikhs: Half fighting with some British division; half somewhere else!&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;59th Rifles and 15th Sikhs: In trenches&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;34th Pioneers (divisional troops) also in trenches&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;15th Lancers: In trenches.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Two companies of Sappers and Miners fighting as infantry with British divisions.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Divisional Headquarters: Somewhere?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Thank heaven the Meerut Division will get a better chance.&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lt-Gen Sir James Willcocks, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;With the Indians in France&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, London: Constable, 1920 (quoted in Corrigan p 74).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When the troops were relieved in November 1914, the reassembled division defended a section of the front in Indian Corps&amp;#039; sector.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Western Front 1915===&lt;br /&gt;
After winter operations (in which the Indian soldiers suffered badly) the division next took part in the Battles of [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle|Neuve Chapelle]], [[Battle of Aubers Ridge|Aubers Ridge]], [[Battle of Festubert|Festubert]] and [[Battle of Loos|Loos]] in 1915.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1914-1918.net&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Order of Battle May 1915&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Edmonds &amp;amp; Wynne, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;1915&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Vol II, Appendix 2.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
GOC: Maj-Gen [[H.D&amp;#039;U. Keary]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ferozepore Brigade&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
GOC: Brig-Gen R.G. Egerton, CB&lt;br /&gt;
* 1st Battalion, [[Connaught Rangers]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[4th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment|1/4th Battalion, London Regiment]] (Territorial Force)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[9th Bhopal Infantry]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[57th Wilde&amp;#039;s Rifles (Frontier Force)]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[129th Duke of Connaught&amp;#039;s Own Baluchis]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Jullundur Brigade&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;GOC: Brig-Gen [[Peter Strickland (British Army officer)|E.P. Strickland]]&lt;br /&gt;
* 1st Battalion, [[Manchester Regiment]]&lt;br /&gt;
* 1/4th Battalion, [[Suffolk Regiment]] (Territorial Force)&lt;br /&gt;
* 1/5th Battalion, [[Border Regiment]] (Territorial Force)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[40th Pathans]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[47th Sikhs]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sirhind Brigade&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;GOC: Brig-Gen [[William George Walker|W.G. Walker]], [[Victoria Cross|VC]]&lt;br /&gt;
* 1st Battalion, [[Highland Light Infantry]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, King&amp;#039;s (Liverpool Regiment)]] ([[Special Reserve]]) &lt;br /&gt;
* [[15th Ludhiana Sikhs]]&lt;br /&gt;
* 1st Battalion, [[1st King George&amp;#039;s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)]]&lt;br /&gt;
* 1st Battalion, [[4th Gurkha Rifles]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Divisional Troops:&lt;br /&gt;
As before, with addition of XLIII (Howitzer Bde, RA (40th &amp;amp; 57th Batteries)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Mesopotamia===&lt;br /&gt;
On 13 August 1915, General [[Sir John Nixon]], commanding [[Indian Expeditionary Force D#Indian Expeditionary Force D|Indian Expeditionary Force D]] in [[Mesopotamian campaign|Mesopotamia]], requested one of the Indian infantry divisions in France as reinforcements for his advance on [[Baghdad]]. Coincidentally, on the same day, the [[Secretary of State for India]], [[Austen Chamberlain]], told the [[Viceroy of India]] that he was anxious for the Indian infantry to be withdrawn from France before they had to endure another winter. The system for supplying drafts had broken down and the Indian battalions were becoming very weak after the heavy casualties they had suffered. Although the [[Secretary of State for War]], [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]], objected to their withdrawal from the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], orders were issued on 31 October for the two divisions of Indian Corps (3rd (Lahore) and 7th (Meerut) Division) to embark at Marseilles for Mesopotamia. They were to leave behind their attached Territorial Force and Special Reserve battalions, and the three RFA brigades of 18-pounder guns of 3rd (Lahore) Division.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Edmonds &amp;amp; Wynne, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;1915&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Vol II, pp. 402–3.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The two divisions were relieved in the front line on 6 November and were due at Basra in December, but their departure from Marseilles was delayed because of fear of submarine attack.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Moberly, Vol II.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; 3rd (Lahore) Division finally arrived in Mesopotamia in April 1916 and joined [[Tigris Corps]], too late to relieve [[6th (Poona) Division]] at [[Siege of Kut|Kut-al-Amara]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|first=Chris |last=Baker |url=http://www.1914-1918.net/mespot.htm |title=The British campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918 |work=The Long, Long Trail |date=2010 |access-date=11 June 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Palestine===&lt;br /&gt;
After the fall of Baghdad, the [[Palestine Campaign]] was given priority over Mesopotamia, and in March 1918 the division was transferred to Egypt to join [[Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby|Sir Edmund Allenby]]&amp;#039;s [[Egyptian Expeditionary Force]] until the end of the war.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Moberly, Vol IV.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; At the [[Battle of Megiddo (1918)|Battle of Megiddo]] in September 1918 it formed part of [[Edward Bulfin|Sir Edward Bulfin]]&amp;#039;s [[XXI Corps (United Kingdom)|XXI Corps]] on the right flank.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bullock.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Order of Battle from May 1918&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bullock, Appendix.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Perry, pp. 51–2.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
GOC: Maj-Gen [[Arthur Hoskins|A.R. Hoskins]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
7th Brigade:&lt;br /&gt;
* 1st Battalion, [[Connaught Rangers]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[27th Punjabis]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[91st Punjabis (Light Infantry)]]&lt;br /&gt;
* 2nd Battalion, [[7th Gurkha Rifles]]&lt;br /&gt;
* 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
8th Brigade:&lt;br /&gt;
* 1st Battalion, [[Manchester Regiment]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[47th Sikhs]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)]]&lt;br /&gt;
* 2nd Battalion, [[124th Duchess of Connaught&amp;#039;s Own Baluchistan Infantry]]&lt;br /&gt;
* 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
9th Brigade:&lt;br /&gt;
* 1st Battalion, [[Dorsetshire Regiment]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[93rd Burma Infantry]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[105th Mahratta Light Infantry]]&lt;br /&gt;
* 1st Battalion, [[1st King George&amp;#039;s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)]]&lt;br /&gt;
* 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Divisional Artillery (reorganised in April 1918):&lt;br /&gt;
* [[4th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery|IV Brigade, RFA]]&lt;br /&gt;
** 7, 14 and 66 18-pounder Batteries&lt;br /&gt;
** B/LXIX (Howitzer) Battery&lt;br /&gt;
* [[8th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery|VIII Brigade, RFA]]&lt;br /&gt;
** 372 and 373 18-pounder Batteries&lt;br /&gt;
** 428 (Howitzer) Battery&lt;br /&gt;
* [[53rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery|LIII Brigade, RFA]]&lt;br /&gt;
** 66 and 374 18-pounder Batteries&lt;br /&gt;
** 430 (Howitzer) Battery&lt;br /&gt;
(372, 373 and 374 were new six-gun 18-pounder batteries formed in [[64th (2nd Highland) Division]]&amp;#039;s billeting area round [[Norwich]], England, in December 1916&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Army Council Instruction 2403 of 22 December 1916&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and shipped to Mesopotamia.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Perry, pp. 51–2.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
{{portal|World War I}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [[List of Indian divisions in World War I]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist|30em}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Bibliography==&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Army Council Instructions Issued During December 1916&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, London: HM Stationery Office.&lt;br /&gt;
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}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book&lt;br /&gt;
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}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book&lt;br /&gt;
  | last = Moberly | first = Brig-Gen F.J.&lt;br /&gt;
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  | title = History of the Great War: Military Operations: The Campaign in Mesopotamia&lt;br /&gt;
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* {{cite book&lt;br /&gt;
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}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080403224244/http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/armyunit.htm British Empire] has list of all Indian Army regiments with pictures of their regimental badges.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ Imperial Gazetteer of India] 1908–30, gives complete list of Indian towns and their history and establishment.&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/index.htm/ The Long Long Trail], gives orders of battle and much more.&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/3_ind_div.htm |title=3rd (Lahore) Division on &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918&amp;#039;&amp;#039; by PB Chappell |access-date=30 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517124422/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/3_ind_div.htm |archive-date=17 May 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Indian Expeditionary Forces}}&lt;br /&gt;
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